Pageflakes

This past week I have been exploring PageFlakes as a tool for creating a public Personal Learning Network.  What makes PageFlakes different from iGoogle or some of the other personalized homepages is that in addition to private pages you can also make a page public or create a Pagecast.

Like many of the personalized homepages, PageFlakes offers gadets, or "flakes", that can accomplish many tasks such as calendars, time zone converters, notepads, discussion forums, and RSS readers.

Will Richardson discusses how to use PageFlakes as a student portal on his blog post here.